United States v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
369 F.3d 847 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably United States v. Rodriguez (2009), United States v. Simpson (2015)
15 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3563 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on United States v. Bass · United States v. Paul · United States v. Mann · Demette v. Falcon Drilling Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant, (2) the need to afford adequate deterrence to criminal conduct, (3) the need to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant, and (4) the need to provide the defendant with needed [training], medical care, or other correctional treatment in the most effective manner. 12”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“but only as a substitute for imprisonment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary”); Griffin v. Wisconsin, 483 U.S. 868, 874 , 107 S.Ct. 3164 , 97 L.Ed.2d 709 (1987) (citing Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 480 , 92 S.Ct. 2593 , 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972)); United States v. Stafford, 983 F.2d 25, 28 (5th Cir.1993) (holding that a condition is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.